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Title:
The oxford handbook of human resource management
Series:
Oxford handbooks
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2007
Physical Description:
xv, 658 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN:
9780199547029

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Summary

Summary

HRM is central to management teaching and research, and has emerged in the last decade as a significant field from its earlier roots in Personnel Management, Industrial Relations, and Industrial Psychology. People Management and High Performance teams have become key functions and goals for manager at all levels in organizations.The Oxford Handbook brings together leading scholars from around the world - and from a range of disciplines - to provide an authoritative account of current trends and developments. The Handbook is divided into four parts:* Foundations and Frameworks,* Core Processes and Functions,* Patterns and Dynamics,* Measurement and Outcomes.Overall it will provide an essential resource for anybody who wants to get to grips with current thinking, research, and development on HRM.


Author Notes

Peter Boxall is a Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of Auckland. John Purcell is a Research Professor in the Industrial Relations Research Unit at Warwick Business School. Patrick Wright is a Professor of Strategic Human Resource Management at Cornell University.


Table of Contents

1 Human Resource Management: Scope, Analysis, and SignificancePeter Boxall and John Purcell and Pat Wright
Part 1 Foundations and Frameworks
2 The Development of Human Resource Management in Historical and International PerspectiveBruce Kaufman
3 The Goals of HRMPeter Boxall
4 Economics and Human Resource ManagementDamian Grimshaw and Jill Rubery
5 Strategic Management and HRMMatthew Allen and Pat Wright
6 Organizational Theory and HRMTony Watson
7 Human resource management and the worker: towards a new psychological contract?David Guest
8 HRM and the Worker: Labour Process PerspectivesPaul Thompson and Bill Harley
9 HRM and Societal EmbeddednessJaap Paauwe and Paul Boselie
Part 2 Core Processes and Functions
10 Work OrganizationSharon Parker and John Cordery
11 Employment sub-systems and the 'HR architecture'David Lepak and Scott Snell
12 Employee Voice SystemsMick Marchington
13 EEO and the Management of DiversityEllen Kossek and Shaun Pichler
14 Recruitment StrategyMarc Orlitzky
15 Selection Decision-MakingNeal Schmitt and Brian Kim
16 Training, Development and CompetencyJonathan Winterton
17 Renumeration: Pay Effects at WorkJames Guthrie
18 Performance ManagementGary Latham and Lorne Sulsky and Heather MacDonald
Part 3 Patterns and Dynamics
19 HRM Systems and the Problem of Internal FitSven Kepes and John Delery
20 HRM and Contemporary ManufacturingRick Delbridge
21 Service Strategies: Marketing, Operations, and Human Resource PracticesRosemary Batt
22 HRM and Knowledge WorkersJuani Swart
23 HRM and the New Public ManagementStephen Bach and Ian Kessler
24 Multinational Companies and Global HR StrategyBill Cooke
25 Transnational Firms and Cultural DiversityHelen De Cieri
Part 4 Measurement and Outcomes
26 HRM and Business PerformanceJohn Purcell and Nick Kinnie
27 Modeling Human Resource Management and Performance LinkagesBarry Gerhart
28 Family-friendly, Equal Opportunity and High-involvement Management in BritainStephen Wood and Lilian de Menezes
29 Social Legitimacy of the Human Resource Management Profession: A U.S. PerspectiveTom Kochan